The Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) is an interdisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford, dedicated to understanding the complex and interwoven causes of obesity in populations across the world. This seminar series is hosted by the Institute of Social and Cultur…
How body size is used in research and discourse on health, bringing together theory from anthropology, sociology, public health and more. With llya Gutin, University of Texas at Austin
Exploring the phenomenal range of roles estrogens play with respect to our metabolism – a range that is only just beginning to be understood. With Deborah Clegg, Texas Tech University
Exploring children's views on their diets in relation to culture, identity and tradition in their everyday lives. With Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord, University of Agder, Norway
Where or what is the difference between childhood obesity and fatness, who has the right to decide that, and why is it important? With Zofia Boni, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Where or what is the difference between childhood obesity and fatness, who has the right to decide that, and why is it important? With Zofia Boni, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University
Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University
Anne Saab, associate professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute looks at how feelings such as fear and anxiety might influence food safety regulations.
Dr Esther Gonzalez-Padilla asks what is sugar? Why should we study it? And how much sugar should we be eating?
Dr Maddalena Borsato, senior researcher at Ritsumeikan University examines the ambiguities and of the contradictions of sweetness.
Pallavi Laxmikanth speaks about her PhD research examining understandings and practises of diabetes management in middle class communities in Hyderabad's High-Tech City.
Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms and how their online platforms are being appropriated by bigger businesses. These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed.
Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from the likes of Deliveroo to Amazon Fresh. These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed.
Dr Thao Dam explores how food is experienced digitally, through the Korean-originated practice of mukhbang, where people pay to watch others eat inline. These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed.
Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through personalised nutrition and asks, ‘is there a right or wrong diet?' These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed.
Dr Thao Dam explores how food is experienced digitally, through the Korean-originated practice of mukhbang, where people pay to watch others eat inline.
Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms and how their online platforms are being appropriated by bigger businesses.
Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from the likes of Deliveroo to Amazon Fresh.
Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through personalised nutrition and asks, ‘is there a right or wrong diet?'
This UBVO seminar was given by Alexandra Brewis (Arizona State University) on 3 December 2020
This UBVO seminar was presented by Zoe Meleo-Erwin (William Paterson University of New Jersey) on 19 November 2020
This UBVO seminar was presented by Adam Gilbertson (University of North Carolina) on 12 November 2020
This UBVO seminar was presented by Ben Wurgaft (MIT) on 5 November 2020
A UBVO seminar presented by Oli Williams (King's College London) on 29 October 2020
This UBVO seminar was given by Rebecca Puhl (University of Connecticut) on 22 October 2020
This UBVO seminar was given by William Dietz (George Washington University) on 15 October 2020
A UBVO seminar presented by Sarah Bourke (National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University) on 24 January 2019
Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 27 February 2020
Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation at the UBVO seminar on 21 February 2020
Tanja Schneider (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 12 March 2020
Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 30 January 2020
Aurora Perez-Cornago (University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 23 January 2020
Sabine Parrish (from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 6 February 2020
Doreen Montag (Queen Mary College London) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 13 February 2020
A UBVO Seminar given by James Betts (Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Department for Health, University of Bath) on 24 October 2019
A UBVO Seminar given by Aidan Doherty (Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford) on 17 October 2019
Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) interviews Professor Danny Dorling (School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series, November 2019
A lecture given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) on 16 October 2019
A presentation given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) at the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, at Ravenna
A UBVO seminar presented by Zofia Boni (University of Poznan, Poland) on 2 March 2019
The Keynote Lecture at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019, given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford)
A presentation given by Mike Rayner (Professor of Population Health and Director of the Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019
A presentation given by Caroline Pond (Emeritus Professor, Open University) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019
A presentation given by Leanne Hodson (Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019
A presentation given by Nerys Astbury (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019
A UBVO seminar presented by Tess Bird (Wesleyan University) on 15 May 2019
An interview with Ola Ekholm (Senior Adviser, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series (20 December 2010)
A UBVO seminar presented by Dr Karin Eli (Research Affiliate, University of Oxford) on 30 April 2019
A UBVO seminar presented by Jason M. Nagata (Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco) on 18 September 2019
Claudio Franceschi (Professor of Immunology, University of Bologna) is interviewed by Stanley Ulijaszek (Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series (May 2019)
A UBVO seminar presented by Barney Haughton (Chef and Director of Square Food Foundation, Bristol) on 9 May 2019